Que bênção alguém faz sobre os frutos? Sobre os frutos da árvore, ele diz: "Quem cria o fruto da árvore"—com exceção do vinho [(por causa de cuja distinção, eles atribuíram uma bênção especial, como fizeram com o pão)], sobre a qual ele diz: "Quem cria o fruto da videira". Sobre os frutos da terra, ele diz: "Quem cria os frutos da terra"—com exceção do pão, sobre o qual ele diz: "Quem produz pão da terra". Sobre os vegetais, ele diz: "Quem cria os frutos da terra". R. Yehudah diz: "Quem cria variedades de herbívoros". [Pois há entre os frutos da terra gramíneas e sementes, como o pulso, e R. Yehudah requer uma bênção distinta para cada espécie. A halachá não está de acordo com R. Yehudah. Quanto ao nosso aprendizado de que se diz "Quem cria o fruto da terra" para vegetais, isso se aplica a vegetais que geralmente são consumidos crus e consumidos crus, ou que geralmente são cozidos e comidos cozidos. Mas para aqueles que geralmente são consumidos crus e cozidos, ou que geralmente são cozidos e comidos crus, ele diz apenas "shehakol". E para os vegetais que são consumidos crus ou cozidos, diz-se "Quem cria os frutos da terra", se os come crus ou cozidos.]
Tosefta Berakhot
These are the Berachot (blessings) which are [coined to be] short: One who blesses on fruit, and on mitzvot, the Beracha (blessing) of Zimun, and the last Beracha of Shema. These are the Berachot which are [coined to be] long: the Beracha of Fast Days, and the Beracha of Rosh Hashana, and the Berachot of Yom Kippur. From [the way] a person [says] his Berachot it is recognizable if he a fool or if he is a sage.
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Tosefta Berakhot
These are the Berachot (blessings) which do not seal off with [the phrase] Baruch [Ata Hashem] (Blessed are You Hashem): One that blesses on the fruit, and on the mitzvot, Birkat Hazimun, and the last Beracha in Birkat Hamazon. Rebbi Yossi Hagelili used to seal off the last Beracha in Birkat Hamazon and [therefore] make it long.
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Tosefta Berakhot
On seeds he says [the Beracha (blessing)] Borei Minei Zerayim (Who created different types of seeds), and on herbs he says [the Beracha] Borei Minei Deshaim (Who created different types of herbs), and on vegetables he says [the Beracha] Borei Pri Haadama (Who created the fruit of the ground). Rebbi Yehudah says “[on vegetables he makes the Beracha] Baruch Matzmiach Haadama Bidvaro (Blessed upon whose word the ground produces growths).” Rebbi Meir says, “even [if] he saw bread and he said ‘Blessed be the One Who created this bread, how nice this bread is,’ that is its Beracha. Even [if] he saw figs and he said ‘Blessed be the One Who created these figs, how nice they are,’ that is their Beracha.” Rebbi Yossi says, “Anyone who changes [the official text] of Berachot from what the Rabbis have coined, does not fulfill his obligation [of saying the Beracha].” Rebbi Yehudah says, “Any [type of food] that has been changed from its original form (like bread which used to be wheat or wine which used to be grapes), [if] he changed its Beracha [to the Beracha of the food in its original form], he has fulfilled his obligation [of saying the Beracha].”
